Xwashing-machine



. l The lower wash h h `bottom ofthe washing Nbox, one end only restingon the` bottom of the same, the other umrnnsirnrns *PATENT OFFICE.

LIH MORGAN, or 1vIoRGAN'rowN,vI`RGINIA.

. h To all whom t may conc-ern: i

`Be it knownl thatIfELIJAH MoneAmof `llVlorgantown, in thecounty oflVlonongalia and State of Virginia," have invented a new land usefulImprovement in Washing-Machines; and `I dohereby declare that theol- Iflowing is a full, clear, and exact description yof the same.` f l Thenature of my `invention consists in. suspending` a reciprocating rubber-between a "yielding bar, and the wash board, in such 1 manner that saidwashlboard and bar may s, fboth have a verticalmo-tion during the actionof the1'ubber,"and at the same time an expansive action or motion due toan overh 1 accumulation of the clothes ber and thewash board.

between the rubl 13 To enable others skilled in the art to make `and usemy invention, will proceed to describe its construction and operation,reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings forming part of which:-

`this specification, in

" Figure l, longitudinal sectional ele- "vation of the machine." :F ig.2, is a top view of the same.` Fig: 3,` is an end sectional "elevationof the same; Fig. 4, is a perspec- `tive view of an upper wash boardfurnished with one lid only. 1

1 Similar letters of reference in each of the severalfiguresindicatecorrespondingparts. 1 A1, is the box of the machine;`B,*the lower r1wash board; C, upper wash board; c. c', 1lids of same;D, connecting bars of the l lower wash board; E, springs on thebars D.;G`,]connecting`strapsbetween lower wash "I board and barsD ;1F,springtunder the bottom of lower wash` board; H, operating 1brake, h,pitman ofsamegVI, supporting arm; K, connectingrodgl', pivot of same; a,

.hingesof lids c, 01,' d, pinsof bars D.

pivot ofthe pitman;

board D1, covers the entire end being supported byfthe elliptical springF.` The wash board 1B, pisconnected with s "the `side bars D,above,bymeansoffstraps G, whichunite with the `extremities of `springsE, the flatter beinglfifastenedwton the bars.`

i i l The lother ends `offfthe bars are attached to tween the twowashboards, and moving the upper board back and forth over the lower orstationary one.`

In order to introduce thelclothes conveni iently between the boards, thelids c, c,.are thrown up or opened as indicated by the red lines, Fig.l. The pitman, it will be observed, is attached to one of the lids, sothat by raising the brake, the lid with which it is connected, opens. bythe hand, as seen. The blue color` in Fig. 1, represents the clothesafter having been introduced between the boards, and the lids closed.

`Reciprocating motion is communicated to i the washfboard C, by theelevation or depression oi' the brake H.

The surfaces of the wash boards, between which the clothes rest, areserrated in the usual manner.

When it is desirable, the upper wash board may have only one lid, asshown in Fig. 4.

The springs E, `and F, allow a yielding of the wash boards, whichpermits al variation of the bulk of the articles to be washed, while atthe same time an even pressure is maintained between them. The springsalso relieve the articles between the boards, `from the harshness of therubbing process, and thereby prevent the possibility of rents or damageto cloths delicate of texture. 1 1

My improvement is at once, simple, cheap, eiective, and in the highestdegree effective. Itrequires but littlepower in its operation,

of fabrics. By its `use,the operation of wash- The other lid is raiseding in families,ihotels, and other establish- 1 ments, may be greatlyabridged, and a corresponding economy be eifected, besides having thework much better done than it could otherwise be. 1,

Having thus .fully described the nature ofv my invention what I claimtherein es new an over accumulation of the clothes between and desire tosecure by Letters Patent isthe rubber, and the Wash board, as de- 10Suspending a recproclajting rubber C, be scribed. tween the yieldin barand Wash boar w i 5 B, in such mannergthat sat Wash board and LLIJAHMORGAN' bar may both have e vertical motion during Witnesses: the actionof the rubber, and at the same GEORGE S. RAY, time an expansive action01 motion due to A. FAIBCHILD.

